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WATCH: The trailer for Westworld series 2 is here

The trailer for series two of Westworld has dropped.

Super Bowl fans delighted last night when a new trailer for the HBO drama was broadcast during an ad break.

The new one-minute-and-a-half trailer is narrated by star Evan Rachel Wood, as her character explains why the Westworld theme park needs restructuring. As she speaks, the visuals show both the glory of the fictional Westworld and the real lives of those who operate it. Interestingly, it also shows a merging of the two worlds – as androids and animals begin to escape their imprisonment.

The last series of Westworld ended with the theme park in utter chaos, so these developments seem to make sense. The series also teased the presence of other theme parks, as in the Westworld novel, so there’s a chance these may also pop up in series two.

Another key takeaway from the new trailer is a confirmed US return date: April 22, 2018 at 9pm on HBO.

There’s no word yet on exactly when Sky Atlantic will be airing the series in the UK after it premieres across the Atlantic, but bets are on it being relatively close. Exciting!

Sky’s J.J. Abrams-produced Westworld gets new extended trailer

Sky Atlantic’s highly anticipated (and highly advertised) sci-fi thriller Westworld has a new extended trailer. And inevitably it comes with an age warning. The series is a reimagining of the 1973 film of the same name, and stars Evan Rachel Wood, James Marsden, Thandie Newton, Ed Harris, and Sir Anthony Hopkins.

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Sky’s J.J. Abrams-produced Westworld gets new extended trailer

Sky Atlantic’s highly anticipated (and highly advertised) sci-fi thriller Westworld has a new extended trailer. And inevitably it comes with an age warning.

“You’re one of them, aren’t you? You aren’t real”, says a child to Evan Rachel Wood’s Dolores, preparing the scene for the show’s creepy setting of a futuristic theme park where guests can live without limits.

Also starring James Marsden, Thandie Newton, Ed Harris, and Sir Anthony Hopkins, the series is a reimagining of the 1973 film of the same name, and it said to be “a dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the future of sin”.

“No choice you ever made was your own. You have always been a prisoner. Now what if I told you I’m here to set you free?”, we hear Harris’s character ‘The Man in Black’ tell Dolores, as she begins to discover that her entire idyllic existence is an elaborately constructed lie.

From JJ. Abrams (Star Trek, Star Wars), Jonathan Nolan (Interstellar, The Dark Knight) and Lisa Joy (Pushing Daisies, Burn Notice), we expect Westworld to live up to the hype when it premieres this October on Sky Atlantic.

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HBO’s new adaptation of the 1973 film Westworld first got our attention last October, when a sexually explicit actors’ contract required the show’s extras’ consent to “appear fully nude; wear a pubic hair patch; perform genital-to-genital touching; have your genitals painted; simulate oral sex with hand-to-genital touching; contort to form a table-like shape while being fully nude; pose on all fours while others who are fully nude ride on your back” … the list continues.

Now, Westworld‘s UK broadcaster Sky Atlantic has unveiled the first trailer for the sci fi series, which claims to be “a dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the future of sin”.

Basically imagine a futuristic Western with lots of sex and violence, with a star-studded cast including Evan Rachel Wood, James Marsden, Thandie Newton, and Sir Anthony Hopkins. Oh, and did we mention it’s been executive produced by J.J. Abrams and Jonathan Nolan (Interstellar, The Dark Knight Rises)?

Watch the trailer now, and get excited for when the show premieres this October on Sky Atlantic.

Sky Atlantic becomes European home of HBO

Following a strong relationship that has seen Sky Atlantic premiere such HBO smash hits as Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire and Ballers in the UK, Sky and HBO have now extended that partnership with an… read more

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Sky Atlantic becomes European home of HBO

Following a strong relationship that has seen Sky Atlantic premiere such HBO smash hits as Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire and Ballers in the UK, Sky and HBO have now extended that partnership with an exciting new deal.

The agreement makes Sky Atlantic the official home of HBO for Sky’s 21 million customers across Europe, meaning that Sky will have the exclusive rights to broadcast first-run HBO programmes in Germany, Austria and Italy until 2020, bringing those markets in line with the UK & Ireland.

The agreement is the first pan-European content deal covering all Sky territories that Sky has negotiated.

This will mean that we lucky Sky customers can look forward to more American premieres being aired simultaneously here and across the pond, including the much anticipated sixth season of Game of Thrones, plus new series Vinyland Westworld.

Olivia Wilde in Vinyl

Created by Mick Jagger, Martin Scorsese and Terence Winter (Boardwalk Empire, The Wolf of Wall Street), ten-part drama Vinyl starring Bobby Cannevale (Boardwalk Empire, Spy) and Olivia Wilde (Her, Tron: Legacy) will tell the story of Richie Finestra – an American record executive in the 1970s trying to resurrect his label and find the next ‘new sound’.

Meanwhile, Westworld is an adaptation of the 1973 film of the same name. Described as “a dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the future of sin”, it stars Anthony Hopkins, Evan Rachel Wood, Ed Harris, James Marsden, Thandie Newton and Jeffrey Wright.

James Marsden and Evan Rachel Wood in Westworld

2016 will also see the premiere of the first Sky/HBO co-production, The Young Pope, starring Jude Law and Diane Keaton, and directed by Oscar-winner Paolo Sorrentino.

So take that, American friends who get to see all of our favourite shows before us! Sky’s got our back, and there’s lots on the horizon to look forward to.

By accepting this Project assignment, you may be required to do any of the following:
appear fully nude;
wear a pubic hair patch;
perform genital-to-genital touching;
have your genitals painted;
simulate oral sex with hand-to-genital touching;
contort to form a table-like shape while being fully nude;
pose on all fours while others who are fully nude ride on your back …

The list continues.

Just what the heck are they looking to produce, here?!

The folks at HBO – who have said that the casting agreement was created by an outside extras casting vendor – have described their upcoming adaptation of Westworld as “a dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the future of sin”.